A recent Pearl Meyer article discusses how a board director with chief human resources officer experience can ensure talent management and leadership development is a strategic priority.
Read MoreIn January 2023, the European Union adopted the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which requires EU and non-EU companies with activities in the EU to file annual sustainability reports alongside their financial statements.
Read MoreSilicon Valley executive, venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and SVDX community member Heidi Roizen has started a new VC podcast! The Startup Solution is a brand new podcast focused on issues that an entrepreneur faces and provides actionable advice while also being fun to listen to!
Read MoreSidley’s Data Matters Blog offers prompt discussion of the most critical privacy, data security and information law issues around the globe.
Read MoreA recent survey by Weber Shandwick covers consumer expectation around social issues. Large majorities of consumers expect corporate social engagement and for company leadership to take strong public stands.
Read MoreMeridian’s recent episode of The Executive Compensation Podcast covers CEO succession and the considerations for the departing CEO. Discussion topics include:
Read MoreSince its birth, AI’s journey has been long, eventful, and fraught with challenges. Despite early optimism about the potential of AI to match or surpass human intelligence in various domains, the field has undergone two AI winters and now, what appears to be, one hot AI summer.
Read Entefy’s recent article about the history and outlook of AI, 2 AI winters and 1 hot AI summer.
Read MoreArtificial intelligence and its impact on the practice of law is in the news again.
Read MoreOn July 26, 2023, the SEC adopted final rules that require public companies to promptly disclose material cybersecurity incidents on Form 8-K and detailed information regarding their cybersecurity risk management and governance on an annual basis on Form 10-K.
Read MoreCurrent market conditions are challenging, but deals are getting done.
Read MoreDLA Piper’s recent article on crisis management covers how to anticipate, mitigate, and effectively respond to the array of crises that businesses face in our rapidly shifting world.
Read MoreDavid Larcker and Brian Tayan of the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Corporate Goverance Research Initiative have just released a new book, The Art and Practice of Corporate Governance.
Read MoreMore CEOs are getting “ESG pay.” Does it improve their companies’ sustainability and financial performance? Read the recent Stanford Business Insight article, Does It Pay to Link Executive Compensation to ESG Goals?
Read MoreA recent Boardspan feature follows a conversation between Maggie Wilderotter and Abby Adlerman about how the best boards are built.
Read MoreSEC Adjusts Anticipated Action Date for Publication of Final Rules for Cybersecurity Reporting and Enhanced Standardized Disclosure
Read MoreThe June 2023 issue of Wilson Sonsini’s Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update covers news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters relevant to public and private companies internationally.
Read MoreA recession is likely over the next 12 months, but what are the chances that the economy has a soft landing?
Read MoreThe US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has initiated a review of its 2012 “Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims” — commonly known as the Green Guides — and likely will be under pressure to address certain thorny environmental marketing claims that it declined to weigh in on 10 years ago, including provisions on climate change, sustainability, “environmentally preferable,” “eco-friendly,” and “free” of hazardous chemicals claims.
Read MoreDiligent Institute, along with partners Spencer Stuart and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, hosted more than two dozen public company board members for the annual Next Gen board Leaders West Coast Summit in Spring 2023.
Read MoreIn a recent episode of the Morrison Foerster Above Board podcast, shareholder activism is discussed.
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